Acupuncture for cancer-related fatigue in patients with breast cancer: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 36, 2012, Pages 4470-4476

  Molassiotis, Alexander ^a   Bardy, Joy ^a   Finnegan John, Jennifer ^c   Mackereth, Peter ^b   Ryder, David W ^b   Filshie, Jacqueline ^d   Ream, Emma ^c   Richardson, Alison ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; TAXANE DERIVATIVE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER RELATED FATIGUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871258069     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2012.41.6222     Document Type: Article

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